As generative artificial intelligence tools are becoming more prevalent in the workplace, employees are accessing these tools via personal accounts on company devices, pasting in sensitive data, and downloading content — all of which creates potential security risks. Meanwhile, cybercriminals are capitalizing on this trend by weaponizing AI and impersonating trusted tools.
As the security world descends upon the Moscone Center next week for the RSA Security Conference, two companies that put out some news ahead of the show were Google Cloud and Menlo Security Inc. which announced a partnership to improve the security of enterprise browsers. Under the terms of the agreement, Menlo Security, which pioneered the browser security industry, will expand its usage of Google Cloud infrastructure and, more importantly, collaborate with Google’s Mandiant division on threat research to strengthen browser security.
Historically, threat actors would work diligently to hack through next-generation firewalls, endpoint detection systems and other traditional security tools — something that takes significant work and is often for nothing, since perimeter security is excellent today.